Mars 3 (Various Topics Merged) |
Mars 3 (Various Topics Merged) |
Apr 22 2009, 09:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 18-June 08 Member No.: 4216 |
Hi,
Nice video! One search method that *might* work for Mars 3 is to scan the area by magnetometer on a near-surface balloon. Mars 3 landed in an area that we now know is characterised by strong remanent magnetisation. Being made of metal I would imagine that it has the same effect on magnetic field lines as, say, a submerged submarine has on Earth's magnetic field. Perhaps a balloon-suspended magnetometer surveying the area at an altitude of a few hundred metres can pick up its signature. This is an involving process to be sure, but not quite as involving as someone going over the surface with a metal detector. Tolis. Mod: no need to quote the whole previous post. |
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Apr 23 2009, 01:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 5-June 08 From: Udon Thani Member No.: 4185 |
One search method that *might* work for Mars 3 is to scan the area by magnetometer on a near-surface balloon. I wish somebody came up with the budget to do that But seriously, the area is tremendously big, those landing coordinates are only very, very, vague. The soviets did not have clear ephemeris data of Mars at the time of the landing, the whole EDL process was completely pre-set and fixed, and the entry was ballistic with no guidance steering or anything. I expect only the latitude is more or less known (given the EDL procedure the lander should end up at a latitude which corresponds with the inclination of the orbit around Mars the mothership ended up in), but longitude is very, very uncertain. It can easily have ended up hundreds of kilometers off target, so even with a balloon you will have a tremendous area to survey... The amazing fact that we still haven't been able to find the wreckage of MPL (of which we are reasonably certain where it should be..) shows just how difficult it is to find 'lost' spacecraft. Mars 3 and 6 are much smaller, there parachutes are probably (almost?) invisible by now and the craft covered by dust (and more or less resembling an average stone..). And it's not that you don't find anything, if you look in the HiRISE images there are lots and lots of big stones over there, and the more you look the more 'suspicious' objects you start to see.. The frustrating thing is that in the end even HiRISE doesn't have enough resolution to clearly identify a Mars 3/6 sized lander (covered with dust), and if you don't find a very clear sign of a parachute then in the end the only solution would be to go down there yourself to check each and every of those suspicious stones, wish I could... |
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Apr 23 2009, 01:56 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 21-April 09 From: Oktemtsy, Russia Member No.: 4747 |
Very good and as far as I can judge technically correct animation! ... Only remark is that you show the parachute separating on firing of the soft landing engines, the way I read the booklet of Perminov ('The difficult road to Mars') and especially the drawing on page 47 it seems to me like the parachute remained attached to the softlandingrocket and the instrument shell (similar to what was done with Pathfinder and MER), after the lander is released the softlandingrocket is shown more or less shooting into the parachute and taking the whole thing away from the lander. ... Thanks! I'm animate this picture - |
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Apr 23 2009, 02:06 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
That was very cool, Yurdel; extremely interesting work, thank you!
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Apr 23 2009, 03:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 5-June 08 From: Udon Thani Member No.: 4185 |
I'm animate this picture - The booklet of Perminov you can download here The drawing you animate is on page 50 of the pdf, the picture I am referring to is on page 51. There is indeed a difference in how the parachute is released. On page 49 of the book the description is: QUOTE Depending on the descent velocity, in an altitude range of 16 to 30 meters, the high-altitude radar-altimeter issues a command; the onboard radio system is disconnected, the engine that controls the soft landing is started, and a second PVM program is initiated. When the landers vertical speed of descent drops to 6.5 meters per second, the low-altitude radar-altimeter issues a command to break the metallic ribbons that attach the parachute-instrument module to the automatic Martian station. Simultaneously, the engine that controls the maneuvering of the parachute container is started. This seems to indicate the parachute remained attached to the parachute container while the soft landing engine was firing (as shown in page 51 drawing), but I agree that the 2 drawings differ in this, I'm afraid only way to make sure is find one of the original technicians and ask... I'm also interested in what was the color of the parachute, some of the artwork seems to suggest it was red-white which is a pity given the red colored landscape on Mars, they should make parachutes for Mars landers bright green or something... |
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Apr 23 2009, 09:43 AM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Amazing work!
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Apr 24 2009, 12:18 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Wow - this was and extremely interesting piece of work.
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Apr 24 2009, 09:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 347 |
Very nice animation! A step by step illustrated time-line, using stills from it would also be nice and informative.
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Apr 24 2009, 04:40 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Yurdel,
Very cool. Did you do this for a class? Do you have plans to do other missions? -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
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Apr 24 2009, 04:50 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Very nice - I've always thought it would be fantastic to have old missions given the same CG treatment as MER and Phoenix. This is the first step on that road!
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Apr 24 2009, 05:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Very nice! The vector animation somehow suits the earlier period of time that this probe comes from.
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Apr 25 2009, 02:27 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 21-April 09 From: Oktemtsy, Russia Member No.: 4747 |
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Dec 3 2009, 10:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
Happy MARS 3 Landing Anniversary (well, yesterday: Dec 2, 1971 -- Dec 2, 2009)
It has now been 38 years and only one HiRise image of the neighborhood! We shall find you yet! Cheers (this thread is 2 years old...yikes!) -------------------- CLA CLL
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Dec 15 2009, 09:22 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 21-April 09 From: Oktemtsy, Russia Member No.: 4747 |
The flashclip about Mars 3 has been added by music and other scenes - Mars-3 flash site
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Apr 19 2011, 03:54 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10172 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Resurrecting an old thread... but it seems better than starting a new one, especially because the images are just above this post... I just had one of those epiphany things.
I was looking at this: http://www.mrc.uidaho.edu/entryws/full/pro...e_detailed.html (Presentation 1.41 about Venera probes, but it also covers Mars 3 and Mars 6). A picture and diagram of Mars 3 shows the dual camera system - it had two cameras like Luna 13, not one camera like Luna 9. But the Luna 13 panoramic image starts with a messy area which is really a closeup of the second camera (which failed to operate). Is this what is being viewed in the fragment of a panorama from Mars 3? In this view it would be real image data, but useless - if the Luna 13 image is anything to go by it's not a reflection of the surface of Mars in the camera body. But it might explain what is being seen. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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